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Haiti’s Fraudulent Presidential Front-Runner Seizes Land for His Own Banana Republic
Moise alone will appear on the presidential ballot after the only other candidate who was imposed on the run-off slate said that he would not participate in “this farce.”
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Sultan Erdogan vs. Noam Chomsky as Turkey Tramples on Free Speech and Arrests Academics
Erdogan called Noam Chomsky a terrorist, but also extended him an invitation to visit Turkey.
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Why Is the US Military Still Burning Its Explosive Waste in the Open Air?
In Louisiana, activists have already stopped the military from proceeding with one open burn and are now rallying to halt another.
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With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom – and Their Lives
New York's Special Housing Unit Exclusion Law is meant to protect prisoners with mental illness from solitary confinement, but it is not always enforced.
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Civil Rights Probe Examines Coal Ash Impact on Poor and Communities of Color
Federal civil rights probe seeks to understand why the poor bear so much of a burden for our coal-fired energy waste.
A Community Solution to Cash Bail
People with means can buy their freedom; those without access to money sit in jail - sometimes for months or even years - while their case works its way …
Public Education: An Opt-Out Victory in New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo retreats from attempts to reduce public education to a series of standardized tests. What comes now?
Laura Flanders Discusses Race, Gender and Socialism With Author Zillah Eisenstein
We also see an update from the Damayan Cleaning Cooperative, the first Filipina migrant worker-owned cooperative in the US.
Rights Lab: Can the Government Spy on My Phone?
Who are Stingrays used on - and is it legal?
Clinton vs. Sanders: Who Do Progressives Choose?
As the Democratic race intensifies, we host our own debate between two self-described socialist feminists